Regional Environmental Engineer, Aws EHS Compliance

A completed Bachelor’s Degree in chemistry, chemical or environmental engineering or related field of study.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience serving as an environmental technical resource, environmental manager, program specialist, or program manager
- Broad knowledge of global environmental regulations and programs
- Experience leading change in multiple site environments and the ability to influence those that are not direct reports or within your organization
- Experience successfully implementing environmental systems
- Excellent organizational and project management skills
- Strong interpersonal skills: excellent communication skills, strong relationship builder, solid influencing and negotiation skills, and the ability to coach at multiple levels
- Proficient with MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems

Overview:
The AWS Environmental team is an expanding and dynamic team that is critical to enabling AWS’s growth around the world, as well as ensuring compliance of AWS’s global operations, including physical data centers, as well as other AWS facilities, customer-facing enterprises and products. The Environmental team has responsibility for architecting and implementing AWS’s global environmental programs. This includes defining and implementing risk and compliance systems and driving their continuous improvement; setting and refining global policies and procedures; overseeing the of standards, tools, auditing and metrics, and employee training; ensuring effective engagement by environmental teams on global initiatives, including those that are part of Amazon’s ambitious sustainability goals; providing specialist expertise; and engaging with all AWS business units to provide scalable and effective environmental compliance strategies that support current and future business objectives while ensuring compliance with environmental and health & safety regulations.

The Regional Environmental Engineer (REE) will be specifically responsible for environmental compliance at data centers in Singapore. The REE will develop standards and policies to support regulatory compliance and provide environmental compliance guidance for regional operations and construction teams. The individual will complete environmental performance analysis, establish and monitor metrics, and guide the teams in implementation of Amazon environmental standards. The REE will work with internal and external partners (through respective teams) that include government entities, contractors, consultants, design, construction, operations and other key stakeholders. This position is based in the Singapore region and will require regular domestic travel and occasional international travel.

The REE must have excellent communication skills, strong environmental regulatory knowledge, particularly with respect to Singapore regulations and standards, demonstrated success in program management, and experience leading teams in complex and technical projects.

**Responsibilities**:

- Manage and oversee compliance with local and federal environmental regulations of Singapore and Amazon standards and policies.
- Develop regional strategic programs by integrating with engineering, construction, and operations. Drive an environmentally responsible culture within the organization.
- Function as a leader regarding assistance with Singapore regulatory agency interactions, permit evaluation and processing, and new process and technology introduction
- Ensure work performed by contractors, consultants, and employees is completed in accordance with Amazon standards.
- Develop environmental metrics to measure, monitor and forecast performance
- Conduct thorough and accurate environmental audits of data centers in the Singapore region for continuous improvement.
- Prioritize and manage multiple technically complex assignments concurrently.
- Assist legal and/or public policy teams at appropriate levels with governmental agencies.
- Build collaborative relationships with various stakeholders to ensure risks are identified early and managed appropriately.
- Submit time critical reports to the public policy team, which will be interacting with various governmental agencies
- Complete thorough and accurate environmental incident investigations and associated regulatory reports and develop appropriate corrective actions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including comfort interfacing with senior leaders inside and outside the company
- Experience in a fast paced, changing/growing organization
- Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability